I incubated an egg from my welsummer. I have 2 roos penned in with her, a lavender orpington and an easter egger...(the easter egger is not dominant and I've never seen him mate). We were incubating silkies and decided to pop in a couple other eggs to see what happened.
The welsummer chick just hatched...pure black with black legs and beak. Totally not what I expected!! I was expecting brownish/yellow down because I thought lavenders are recessive.
I don't really understand genetics at all...is this what you'd expect from this pair?
The welsummer chick just hatched...pure black with black legs and beak. Totally not what I expected!! I was expecting brownish/yellow down because I thought lavenders are recessive.
I don't really understand genetics at all...is this what you'd expect from this pair?